In those days it was fishermen, wharfies and freezing workers mainly. The smelter was not built until later. Mates and I used to row over to Tiwai in a tin dingy and shoot rabbits as it was nothing...
Liked On: 22-11-2020, 09:42 PM
Got 4 piano's in the old homestead. All 4 are 'Player Piano's'. Got about 200 piano rolls dating back to early last century which are a mix of classical and honkytonk. Also have titles from Phantom...
Liked On: 22-11-2020, 09:42 PM
Have ended up buying a new firing pin and complete from Winchester NZ importer, as lucky as I was to track down a replacement cocking pin the one I found was not stainless and after all the work I...
Liked On: 22-11-2020, 05:42 PM
Several years ago I had a problem with a sparc red dot ripped the rubber cover off the on off switch and got water and mud in it. Got fobbed off locally as I'd brought it second hand. Contacted the...
Liked On: 22-11-2020, 05:06 PM
I queried the nz/oz rep recently to get another quick release plate for my vortex pro gt tripod. No response. Contacted vortex directly and the international sales manager shipped one free of charge...
Liked On: 22-11-2020, 05:06 PM
Yeah. Heard this all before. Many times. It’s a numbers game. Simple fact is the two Viper PSTs, the two 1500 rangefinders, and the Diamondback binos, have given me amazing service. Hard case, out...
Liked On: 22-11-2020, 05:06 PM
That's great news. And also very interesting. It means something must have changed with ExtraVision, the Aus/NZ agent. Previously, they would not honour the warranty if you couldn't prove the...
Liked On: 22-11-2020, 05:03 PM
Vortex offer a lifetime no fault guarantee on their scopes. I had cause to test this recently. I had a Vortex scope damaged in an accident. I'm not the original purchaser and didn't have...
Liked On: 22-11-2020, 05:03 PM
No. Cooker cost $49. Case cost $49. Case did not cost more than the cooker :D
Liked On: 22-11-2020, 04:30 PM
XR500 Funny; I was talking to someone who'd just had a $26k kitchen fitted. Then they said that the best meal they'd ever eaten was in some remote shack somewhere in Asia. I had a chuckle thinking...
Liked On: 22-11-2020, 04:30 PM
I saw a cooking programme years ago where Nigella lawson was cooking in her kitchen, and had an Island benchtop. Inset into the benchtop were two of those cast iron double burners that kiwi sapper...
Liked On: 22-11-2020, 04:29 PM
Took my new superlight .260 to the range man you have to love these things. 3 - 4 shots to zero the scope then this 3 shot group job...
Liked On: 22-11-2020, 04:25 PM
See deer from the roadside nearly everytime we leave the gate down here haha. At the moment young fallow getting about all over the place as mum has given them the boot in preparation for this year's...
Liked On: 22-11-2020, 03:35 PM
Yup have gone as far as I can with this, now up to a gunsmith when the part finally arrives, man I'm itching to get this rifle going.....the suspense is killing me :O_O:
Liked On: 22-11-2020, 03:33 PM
Falcon 2 3/4 32 gram no3 steel in a o/u for me, a friend has a hulgu sxs and uses the black cloud ammo. As an aside he can reload nearly twice as fast as I can, the action of a sxs is so much faster...
Liked On: 22-11-2020, 12:37 PM